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LOCATION
NAME
AUDIENCE
AVAILABILITY |
AREA /
DISTANCE |
TALK TOPICS |
BACKGROUND / CONTACT |
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Darlington-Northallerton
Peter Hale
Any audience
Day/evening |
Up to 20 miles by car.
York & Durham by train |
All aspects of climate
change, including background, the future, answering scepticism, renewable energy, "doing our bit".
Discussion invited. |
Founder of Climate
Concern UK and of this speaker network. Regular talks since early 2005 to
adult groups, sixth forms, secondary and primary schools.
e-mail:
peterhale@climate-concern.com
tel: 01325 378452 |
|
Driffield
Michael Jackson
Adults and secondary schools
Day/evening |
Area to Hull,
Bridlington. |
General climate change
issues.
- and/or -
Renewable energy for the home. |
Environment enthusiast.
Built own solar panel system and bio-diesel processing plant. Member of ERA4
wind power campaign. Carries out energy efficiency assessments for Home
Improvement Packs.
Ph.D in Physics.
Greenpeace member, ex-Green Party candidate.
e-mail:
Organicmechanic@aol.com
tel: 01377 240 625; 07875 200 115
|
|
Houghton-le-Spring
Tyne & Wear
Jack White (15)
Any audience
Day/evening |
Reasonable distance
within the North East |
Youth perspective on
climate change. |
Jack is the Defra
Climate Change Champion for the North East of England, as announced by the
Prime Minister in February 2008. He is available to speak at regional events
across the North East. Please make contact via Adam Nethersole at Defra:
email:adam.nethersole@defra.gsi.gov.uk
tel: 0207 238 3392; 07740 948284 |
|
Morpeth
Northumberland
Christopher Haine
Any audience
Day/evening |
Reasonable distance |
Science of climate change: the scale of
the problem and the limited time for solutions. The benefits of a cleaner,
greener, happier way of life. |
Chris is the regional co-ordinator for
the Green Party in the North East of England, their lead candidate for the
next European Parliament elections and a regular contributor to television &
radio on environmental issues.
e-mail: Chris.Haine@Orange.net
tel: 0191 430 0193; 07515 569906 |
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Newcastle
Gareth Kane
Any audience
Day/evening |
Reasonable distance |
Climate change: problems
and solutions.
Sustainable development for beginners. |
Company
Secretary of "Carbon Neutral North East". Sustainability expertise; includes eco-building, eco-product development & marketing.
Has own consultancy company "terra infirma".
e-mail:
gareth@terrainfirma.co.uk
tel: 0191 265 9850 |
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Newcastle
(Heaton)
John Wigham
Any audience
Day/evening |
Tyneside |
Climate change
science, practical actions, bringing about change.
"Climate Change - Overcoming Obstacles to Change" |
Started speaking about
climate change in the late 1980s and has worked on environmental policy in
local government. Runs workshops on personal empowerment.
e-mail:
akuppa@mac.com
tel: 0191 209 2168 |
|
Scarborough
Dilys Cluer
Adult groups and secondary schools
Day/evening |
Mainly Scarborough and
Filey |
General climate change
with emphasis on energy, transport and food.
Our behaviour and what we can do about it. |
Dilys has been a teacher
- likes to be interactive with her talks audiences.
e-mail:
dcluer@emailcentre.co.uk
tel: 01723 368475 |
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Stokesley
(Hutton Rudby)
Christopher Lowe
Any audience
Day/evening |
Teesside area and
reasonable distance |
All aspects of climate change,
effects of extreme weather.
"Climate change - what's it all about?"
|
Also speaks on various
nature, wildlife and travel subjects.
e-mail:
cjlowe@ukonline.co.uk
tel: 01642 701832 |
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York
John Cossham
Any audience
Day/evening |
10 miles around York or further by public
transport |
The basics of climate science.
Comprehensive effects of greenhouse gases and of a warmer world.
What individuals and governments can do to reduce their impact. |
Experienced public speaker. Lives a low carbon
lifestyle. Has an Environmental Health degree. Member of the Community
Composting Network (founder of York Rotters), Green Party member.
e-mail: johncossham@tiscali.co.uk
tel: 01904 422344 |
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York
Anthony Day
Adult groups, businesses, sixth forms, secondary schools
Day/evening |
Reasonable distance
All UK for business audiences |
Climate change, energy security, peak oil.
|
FCMA
- speaker, broadcaster and author of “Will
climate change your life?”. Specialises in energy and climate change issues.
website at
www.anthony-day.com
Writes blogs at:
http://anthonyday.blogspot.com/
Sustainable business podcast
at: www.susbiz.biz
e-mail:
mail@anthony-day.co.uk
tel:
01904 654986; 07803
616877 |